Union-suit.



WLLmM K. Jones, or Woni'rn, Kansas.

Specification of Letters Patent.: Pagngqf NGV, 2S, Millie,

.application filed June 3,1915. Serial No. 31,936.

1'0 au fur/wm yz' may conce/m:

llc it known that WILLIAM K. JONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of `uWichita, in the countjl of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have made an lor j irovenient in Unioni-laits, of which the iollowing 's a specilication. i

lily invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of thonrear por tion, of a union or combination suit, whereby certain adi/anta fes are obtained in respect to attachment, adjustment, and manipulation ot' the jacket llap or skirt and the drop dan v r The details of the invention will be understood .from the following description, 'taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

liigure i is a perspective lView of the garment applied to a person. Fig. 2 is a rear View showing the drop flap' in the lowered position. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section on the line 3--23 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a rear .ie'w showing the skirt of the body or jaclet unloattoned and turned up.

Ehe jacket i and legs 2 areconstrnctod and connected ao form one garment. The skirt or rear flap 3 of the jacket 1 is pro vided at its lower corners with button holes 4t-eee ffl-Which adapts the same to he secured detachahly to the buttons 5, which are fastened to the side edgee of the pants 2 at points below the waist-line of the jacket. rEhe drop flap (5 'is also provided at its ripper corners with button holes 7, which adapt it :for detachable connection with but tons 8 secured to the jacket above the Waist line. An elaeic suspender attachment 9 is cured to the back of' the jacket l. at a point about midway between the and the drop flap 6, is detacliahly secured to buttons l0. The latter is constructed 'with a hook as used in this class of devices to permit ready engagement and disengagement, as conditions require.

lt will be seen that the skirt portion 3 of' the jacket entends: downward from the waist line and lies beneath the drop :flap 6 and is secured to the buttons so that it is held normally in that position. It is further apparent that this engagement or fastening of he drop flapto the sides oi the legs must he made before the drop Flap is pulled up and attached to. the suspender, Conso quently, when the wearer of the garment bends over forward, the skirt 3 is not pulled ori:- of the drop flap at the waistband, and, iii-hen the wearer resumes erect position, the skirt is pulled down smoothly by the movement of his body, lby reason of the attachment of the same to the buttons 5, as before stated.

The arrangement is one adapted to Well protect the wearer from dirt and permits the free use ot the two nip pockets ll attacired to the outer side or the seat portion oi" the trousers, since they are not covered .at any time.

l. rlhe in'iproved union garment -compris ingr a jacket or body portion having buttons 5 and 8 secured, respectively, below and above the Waist-line, a jacket flap extending down below the waist line and having but ton holes adapted for engagement with the lower set of bottone attached to the jacket, and a drop flap having button holes at its corners for engagement with the loiittons `8 located on the jacket above the Waist line, the drop flap 'when closed, thus covering the lower portion of the jacket flap as described.

3. rEhe improved union garment comprising a jacket or body portion having fasten.

im:Y devices o' and 8 secured respectivelyhe low and at the Waist line, a. jacket ilap eXA tending :down and below the waist line and adapted for engagement with the lower portion of the jacket, and a drop iiap having its corners constructed for engagement with the fastening device located al; 8 on the jacket, the drop flap when closed thus covering the lower portion of' the jacket flap, as

described.

'l/TLLIAM l. JONES. Vl'itnesses:

W. H. Saxo, ANNA S. VINCENT. 

